Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...summer went to Tunisia for a student meeting. "The Russians were terribly active. One fellow constantly took notes on everything, even on rug factories." Then came Yugoslavia and a seminar on the unification of the student world. The Chinese were there in full force ("Their leader spoke perfect English learned on a U.S. air force base during the war"), and one of the Russian "student editors" who visited the United States recently was a member of the Soviet delegation. "This fellow boldly told the assembly that 'in Russia we feel a student is in the university to study...
Judd began his defense of "voluntary health plans" by observing that the U.S. medical system is "not perfect, only the best in the world." While pointing out that "only 80 per cent" of the public is receiving "adequate" medical care, he demanded that the medical profession, not the Federal government, take the lead in reaching the remaining 20 per cent...
...lady named Frances West makes her appearance. Having broken her leg during a performance of Six Characters, she is currently appearing in a wheelchair, but her scenes have been smoothly reblocked to accommodate her. Her Cecily has the proper air of bland but strong-minded ingenuousness; her accent is perfect, and if her voice did not sometimes become unnecessarily shrill, she would be thoroughly splendid...
...Perfect Furlough. A bubbly cliche cocktail mixed by a sexy WAC (Janet Leigh) and a corporeal corporal (Tony Curtis). Guaranteed: exactly 287 laughs...
Last night's performance by the Harvard Glee Club, the Radcliffe Choral Society, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra was a careful, finished production which lacked the sweep necessary for this work, but which made up for this by a nearly letter-perfect dependability. The chorus supplied its usual polished tone and disciplined ensemble. The main surprise came from the string section of the orchestra, which finally broke down, in the Agnus Dei, and sang, highlighting a performance which was unusual for its clarity and accuracy. In one superb but all too short phrase, the Orchestra demonstrated that it knows...